BAND/ARTIST of the Year
nominees are:

As I Lay Dying

Machine Head

Megadeth

and the award goes to Machine Head

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CD of the Year
nominees are:

As I Lay Dying  An Ocean Between Us

DevilDriver  The Last Kind Words

Fear My Thoughts  Vulcanus

In This Moment  Beautiful Tragedy

Machine Head  The Blackening

Shadows Fall  Threads Of Life

Stuck Mojo  Southern Born Killers

and the award goes to Stuck Mojo  Southern Born Killers

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Song of the Year
nominees are:

"Not All Who Wander Are Lost" by DevilDriver

"Failed Creation" by Divine Heresy

"The Pretender" by Foo Fighters

"Fake It" by Seether

"Redemption" by Shadow Fall

"To Live Without It" by The Spill Canvas

"The Underdog" by Spoon"

and the award goes to "The Underdog" by Spoon

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Record Label of the Year
nominees are:

Century Media

Equal Vision

Metal Blade

Prosthetic Records

Roadrunner Records

and the award goes to Metal Blade

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Music Video of the Year
 nominees are:

As I Lay Dying  "Nothing Left"

Evanescence  "Good Enough"

Hatebreed  "Destroy Everything"

In This Moment "Prayers"

Killswitch Engage  "Holy Diver"

Placebo  "Running Up That Hill"

The Red Chord  "Dread Prevailed"

Seether  "Fake It"
Shadows Fall  "Redemption"

and the award goes to Killswitch Engage  "Holy Diver"

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Music Website of the Year

nominees are:

www.hardradio.com

www.lambgoat.com

www.myspace.com

www.purerockfury.com

and the award goes to www.hardradio.com

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New England Radio Station of the Year
nominees are:

WAAF (Boston, MA)

WBCN (Boston, MA)

WCYY (Portland, ME)

WFNX (Boston, MA)

WHEB (Portsmouth, NH)

WHJY (Providence, RI)

WTOS  (Augusta, ME)

and the award goes to WCYY

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New England area band of the Year
nominees are:

All That Remains

Killswitch Engage

Ruin

Seemless

Shadows Fall

Unearth

and the award goes to ALL THAT REMAINS

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New England Radio DJ of the Year
nominees are:

Adam 12 - WBCN (Boston, MA)

Charles - WHJY (Providence, RI)

Julie Kramer - WFNX (Boston, MA)

Mark Curdo - WCYY (Portland, ME)

Mike Hsu - WAAF (Boston, MA)

Mistress Carrie - WAAF (Boston, MA)

Robin Ivy - WCYY (Portland, ME)

and the award goes to Adam 12 (WBCN)

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New England Radio Program of the Year
nominees are:

Bay State Rock - WAAF (Boston, MA)

Harder Faster - WAAF (Boston, MA)

The Metal Zone - WHJY (Providence, RI)

New England Product - WFNX (Boston, MA)

Sound Check - WHJY (Providence, RI)

Spinout - WCYY (Portland, ME)

and the award goes to Harder Faster - WAAF (Boston, MA)

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New England Venue of the Year
nominees are:

Lupo's - Providence, RI

The Palladium - Worcester, MA

The Station - Portland, ME

Asylum - Portland, ME

and the award goes to The Palladium - Worcester, MA

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New England Concert of the Year

nominees are:

Lamb Of God, Machine Head, Trivium & Gojira - Lupo's (Providence, RI)

As I Lay Dying & All That Remains - The Palladium (Worcester, MA)

Lamb Of God, Killswitch Engage, DevilDriver & Soilwork  - The Coliseum (Lewiston, ME)

and the award goes to As I Lay Dying & All That Remains